2017–18 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End

2017–18 season

Chairman

Peter Ridsdale

Manager

Alex Neil

Stadium

Deepdale

EFL Cup

1st round

Top goalscorer

Johnson (1)

Highest home attendance

18,267

Average home league attendance

18,267

← 2016–17

2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season will be Preston North End's third consecutive season in the Championship in their 138th year in existence.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	End
Goalkeepers
1	Declan Rudd	GK	Diss	26	67	0	Norwich City	1 July 2017	£966,000	2020
22	Chris Maxwell	GK	St Asaph	27	42	0	Fleetwood Town	1 July 2016	Free	2020
28	Matthew Hudson	GK	Southport	19	1	0	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	2018
31	Callum Roberts	GK	South shields	17	0	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2018
Defenders
2	Marnick Vermijl	RB	Peer	25	52	4	Sheffield Wednesday	31 August 2016	Undisclosed	2019
3	Greg Cunningham	LB	Galway	26	91	3	Bristol City	27 July 2015	Undisclosed	2019
5	Tom Clarke	CB	Sowerby Bridge	29	194	12	Huddersfield Town	22 May 2013	Free	2019
6	Andy Boyle	CB	Dublin	26	8	0	Dundalk	1 January 2017	Free	2019
14	Darnell Fisher	RB	Reading	23	1	0	Rotherham United	27 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
15	Calum Woods	RB	Liverpool	30	61	0	Huddersfield Town	1 July 2014	Free	2018
17	Tommy Spurr	LB	Leeds	29	20	1	Blackburn Rovers	1 July 2016	Free	2019
20	Ben Davies	CB/LB	Barrow-in-Furness	22	13	0	Academy	25 January 2013	Free	2019
23	Paul Huntington	CB	Carlisle	29	201	16	Yeovil Town	22 May 2012	Free	2018
25	Kevin O'Connor	LB	Enniscorthy	22	1	0	Cork City	24 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
Midfielders
4	Ben Pearson	CM	Oldham	22	50	1	Manchester United	11 January 2016	£115,000	2020
7	Daryl Horgan	RM	Galway	25	22	2	Dundalk	1 January 2017	Free	2019
8	Alan Browne	CM	Cork	22	118	7	Free Agent	1 January 2014	Free	2018
10	Josh Harrop	AM/CF	Stockport	21	0	0	Manchester United	3 July 2017	Undisclosed	2021
11	Daniel Johnson	AM	Kingston	24	113	22	Aston Villa	23 January 2015	£50,000	2019
12	Paul Gallagher	AM/WG	Glasgow	33	191	30	Leicester City	16 June 2015	Free	2019
16	Liam Grimshaw	MF/RB	Burnley	22	7	0	Manchester United	18 January 2016	Undisclosed	2018
18	Ben Pringle	CM/LM	Newcastle upon Tyne	28	14	0	Fulham	4 July 2016	£255,000	2019
19	John Welsh	CM	Liverpool	32	165	3	Tranmere Rovers	14 May 2012	Free	2018
30	Melle Meulensteen	CM	Nijmegen	18	0	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2018
32	Josh Earl	WG		18	0	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2018
Forwards
9	Jordan Hugill	CF	Middlesbrough	25	87	22	Port Vale	19 June 2014	Undisclosed	2018
13	Eoin Doyle	CF	Dublin	29	44	7	Cardiff City	1 July 2016	Undisclosed	2019
21	Stevie May	CF	Perth	24	13	1	Sheffield Wednesday	1 September 2015	£935,000	2018
24	Seán Maguire	CF	Luton	23	2	0	Cork City	24 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
27	Stephy Mavididi	CF	Derby	29	1	0	Arsenal	4 August 2017	Loan	2018
29	Tom Barkhuizen	RW	Blackpool	24	18	6	Morecambe	1 January 2017	Free	2020
37	Callum Robinson	WG/CF	Northampton	22	80	15	Aston Villa	4 July 2016	Free	2019
Out on Loan

All appearances and goals up to date as of 9 August 2017.

Statistics

As of 9 August 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Marnick Vermijl	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Greg Cunningham	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF		Ben Pearson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Andy Boyle	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF		Alan Bronwe	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
9	FW		Jordan Hugill	2	2	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	2
11	MF		Daniel Johnson	2	1	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
12	MF		Paul Gallagher	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	DF		Darnell Fisher	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Liam Grimshaw	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	DF		Tommy Spurr	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF		Ben Davies	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	GK		Chris Maxwell	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	DF		Paul Huntington	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW		Seán Maguire	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
25	DF		Kevin O'Connor	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW		Stephy Mavididi	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
29	FW		Tom Barkhuizen	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW		Callum Robinson	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Goals record

As of 9 August 2017

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	League Cup	Total
1	9	CF	Jordan Hugill	0	2	2
2	11	AM	Daniel Johnson	1	0	1
Total				1	2	3

Disciplinary Record

As of 9 August 2017

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	4		CM	Ben Pearson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	9		CF	Jordan Hugill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK	Declan Rudd	Norwich City	£966,000	^[2]
3 July 2017	AM	Josh Harrop	Manchester United	Undisclosed	^[3]
24 July 2017	CF	Seán Maguire	Cork City	Undisclosed	^[4]
24 July 2017	LB	Kevin O'Connor	Cork City	Undisclosed	^[5]
26 July 2017	RB	Darnell Fisher	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	^[6]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF	Jermaine Beckford	Bury	Released	^[7]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1 July 2017	GK	Anders Lindegaard	Free agent	Released	^[7]
1 July 2017	RB	Clive Smith	Free agent	Released	^[7]

↑ Jermaine Beckford joined Bury following his release from the club.^[8]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
4 August 2017	CF		Stephy Mavididi	Arsenal	30 June 2018	^[9]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 7 June 2017, Preston North End have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Bamber Bridge, Stockport County, Morecambe, Accrington Stanley, Burnley, Fleetwood Town^[10] and Newcastle United.^[11]

7 July 2017	Bamber Bridge	0–7	Preston North End	Bamber Bridge
19:00 BST		Report	Davies 17' May 35' Robinson 42' Barkhuizen 55' Hugill 63', 82' Meulensteen 80'	Stadium: Irongate Attendance: 2,186 Referee: David McNamara

15 July 2017	Stockport County	1–2	Preston North End	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Oswell 26'	Report	Robinson 34' Barkhuizen 40'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Joe Hull

18 July 2017	Morecambe	0–2	Preston North End	Morecambe
19:30 BST		Report	Barkhuizen 36' Pearson 56'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 974 Referee: Darren Handley

19 July 2017	Accrington Stanley	2–3	Preston North End	Accrington
19:30 BST	Edwards 58' Pearson 88'	Report	Browne 37' Robinson 42' Cunnigham 75'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 989 Referee: Darren Handley

22 July 2017	Preston North End	1–1	Newcastle United	Deepdale
15:00 BST	Barkhuizen 33'	Report	Mitrović 8'	Stadium: Deepdale Stadium Attendance: 7,280

25 July 2017	Preston North End	1–2	Burnley	Deepdale
19:45 BST	Maguire 65'	Report	Walters 21' Long 53'	Stadium: Deepdale Stadium Attendance: 5,633 Referee: Rob Jones

28 July 2017	Fleetwood Town	1–5	Preston North End	Fleetwood
19:30	Bolger 16'	Report	Huntington 45+2' Barkhuizen 54' Johnson 72' (pen.) Horgan 75' Coyle 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,108 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Queens Park Rangers	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Qualification for Championship playoffs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Leeds United	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
8	Preston North End	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
9	Bristol City	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
10	Birmingham City	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2017. Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3	1	0	0	1	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 5 August 2017.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H
Result	W
Position	7

Last updated: 5 August 2017.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[12]^[13]

5 August 2017 1	Preston North End	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Deepdale
15:00 BST	Pearson 22' Hugill 67' Johnson 79' (pen.)	Report	Forestieri 33' Bannan 55' Pudil 74'	Stadium: Deepdale Stadium Attendance: 18,267 Referee: Tony Harrington

12 August 2017 2	Leeds United	v	Preston North End	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road

15 August 2017 3	Derby County	v	Preston North End	Derby
19:45 BST				Stadium: Pride Park Stadium

19 August 2017 4	Preston North End	v	Reading	Deepdale
15:00 BST				Stadium: Deepdale Stadium

26 August 2017 5	Middlesbrough	v	Preston North End	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST				Stadium: Riverside Stadium

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Preston North End were drawn an away tie against Accrington Stanley in the first round.^[14]

8 August 2017 First round	Accrington Stanley	3–2	Preston North End	Accrington
19:45 BST	Richards-Everton 20' Clark 86' Kee 90+3'	Report	Hugill 70', 90+1'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,879 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Summary

Games played	2 (1 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 EFL Cup)
Games won	1 (1 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup)
Games drawn	0 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup)
Games lost	1 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 EFL Cup)
Goals scored	3 (1 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 EFL Cup)
Goals conceded	3 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 3 EFL Cup)
Goal difference	0
Clean sheets	1 (1 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup)
Yellow cards	2 (2 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup)
Red cards	0 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup)
Worst Discipline	Ben Pearson (1 , 0 , 0 ) Jordan Hugill (1 , 0 , 0 )
Best result	1–0
Worst result	2–3
Most appearances	7 players (2)
Top scorer	Jordan Hugill (2)
Points	3

References

↑ "History". Statto. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
↑ "Declan Rudd: Preston North End re-sign Norwich City goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
↑ "Josh Harrop: Preston North End sign Manchester United attacker on four-year deal". BBC Sport. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
↑ "Sean Maguire To Join PNE". Preston North End Official Site. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
↑ "Preston North End Agree To Sign Cork City’s Kevin O’Connor". Preston North End Official Site. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
↑ "Darnell Fisher Signs For Preston North End". Preston North End Official Site. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
1 2 3 "Retained List Confirmed". Preston North End Official Site. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
↑ "Bury sign Jermaine Beckford on free transfer after Preston release". SkySports. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
↑ "Stephy Mavididi Joins PNE On Season Long Loan". Preston North End Official Site. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
↑ "2017/18 Pre-Season Fixtures Announced". Preston North End Official Site. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
↑ "PNE To Host Newcastle United In Pre-Season Friendly". Preston North End Official Site. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
↑ "2017/18 Fixtures Announced". Preston North End Official Site. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
↑ "Fixture List". Preston North End Official Site. June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
↑ "PNE Face Accrington Stanley In Carabao Cup First Round". Preston North End Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

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National teams

Senior (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2019 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2018 qualifying round)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2018 finals)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League One, League Two)
Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern League (Premier, Central, South & West)
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Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under-23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup
Under-18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons
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Summer 2017 transfers
Winter 2017–18 transfers
Summer 2018 transfers

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